---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and child support, including the payment of spousal maintenance by an obligor ordered to pay child support and the disclaimer of a property interest by a child support obligor."
description: "Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and child support, including the payment of spousal maintenance by an obligor ordered to pay child support and the disclaimer of a property interest by a child support obligor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Texas SB 286 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Family--Child Support (I0352)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neave", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4ae8e78-af2a-4228-b8a6-7eb0eedd53ce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 286.xml"
source_hash: "f6df7e97178268b69e79785c0e311a919c565b774ee9a213fcf6a06e4a8c0f0b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 286 (87) — Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and child support, including the payment of spousal maintenance by an obligor ordered to pay child support and the disclaimer of a property interest by a child support obligor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00286I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00286E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00286H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00286S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00286F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neave — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-06** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4ae8e78-af2a-4228-b8a6-7eb0eedd53ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).